Placket-fastener for garment-skirts



UNrTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN ADRIANSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PLAoKET-FAST'ENER FOR OARM ENT-sAKlR-ts.

SPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters lratent No. 520,761, dated J' une 5, 1 894.

Application filed February l l 1 894.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN ADRIANSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident Of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Placket-Fasteners for Skirts and other Garments, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple contrivance for keeping the plackets of skirts closed; said contrivance being so constructed that the lower part of the same will swing as on a pivot from its upper end, when the skirt is moved from side to side, so as to accommodate itself to the various positions to which said skirt may be moved and always keep said placket closed; substantially as hereinafter fully described, and as illustrated in the drawings, to wit:

Figure 1 is a perspective view Of a skirt illustrating the application of my inventionl to a garment. Fig. 2 is a side view-ofthe placket fastener removed, and Fig. 3 is an edge View of the same.

In the drawings A, B represent two corresponding legs, which are pivoted together at their lower ends by means of a suitable rivet h, and are made of some suitable resilient material, which, under proper treatment, can be bent to conform t0 the shape of the body next which said fastener is to be placed. Each of these legs have an arm C, pivotally secured to their upper ends by means of a suitable transverse rivet c; said arms being made,

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preferably, of some lexible material, such as sheet brass or the like.

In Fig. l it will be observed that the legA is hemmed in one side edge and the leg B in the other side edge of the placket of the skirt, in such manner that the joined ends of said legs will be at the bottom of said placket, and so that the arms C can be sewed in a horizontal position in or below the waist band of the skirt; thus, when the ends of the waist band are secured together so as to fasten the same around the body, the placket ofthe skirt will close and be kept closed under all circumstances by the legs A and B. Whemfor instance, the wearer desires to lift the skirt, no matter from which side said skirt is grasped,the said legs will swing, as on a pivot, from their upper ends, and eectually prevent an exposure of either the under garments or person.

In order to separate the legs A and B sufficient to permit the cloth of the skirt coming between them, I can, if desired, interpose a washer G between their joined ends. The use of this washer, however, may be dispensed with.

What I claim as new is- As an article of manufacture, a placket fastener consisting of two resilient legs pivoted together at their lower ends and capable of being bent to conform to the shape of the body next which they are worn, and an arm pivoted to the upper end of each of said legs.

' JOHN ADRIANSON.

Witnesses:

FRANK D. THOMASON, THEO. B. HELLEE. 

